Research

I worked at the Human Dynamics and Controls Lab (HDCL) at UIUC, where my research up until now has focused on new ways of getting input signals from human motion, including inertial measurement systems, and on human-in-the-loop control strategies. I am interested in how robots can move through the world in close partnership with people, and I am looking forward to working with professors at Imperial College London to take these research ideas forward.

Presentations

Torso-Driven, Hands-Free Navigation
Human Dynamics and Controls Lab · UIUC

A torso-driven, hands-free navigation framework (built on a custom instrumented seat and backrest) that lets a person steer a simulated mobile robot through a VR environment using only their body's motion.

2025 IMMERSE Symposium
First version Poster + live demo

“Immersive VR-Based Evaluation of Hands-Free Torso-Driven Control for Virtual Robot Navigation”

Roberts Ernests Fulss, Patrick Moore, Linh Dao, Riku Kanzaki, Seung Yun Song, Marshall Tenzer, Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler

The first working system, on an earlier prototype (encoder-based backrest, VN-200 IMU), with the VR course and a live demo on the rig.

Poster (PDF)
2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Latest version Poster

“VR-Based Evaluation of Torso-Driven, Hands-Free Control Strategies for Mobile Robot Navigation”

Roberts Ernests Fulss, Aleksandr Daeyoung Kim, Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler

The refined system (potentiometer backrest, VN-100 IMU), validated against motion capture and a force plate, with a four-condition human study planned.

Poster (PDF)
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